μάχλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

μαχλάς (makhlás)
μάχλης (mákhlēs)

Etymology

Furnée adduces Βάκχος (Bákkhos) (with interchange β/μ) and compares Armenian մահազ (mahaz, “lascivious”), suggesting that all these words are from Asia Minor. The interchange may also lead to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /má.kʰlos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈma.kʰlos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.xlos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.xlos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈma.xlos/

Adjective

μάχλος • (mákhlos) m, f (neuter μάχλον); second declension

lewd, lustful (of women)
wanton, luxuriant

Declension

Second declension of μᾰ́χλος; μᾰ́χλον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	μᾰ́χλος mákhlos	μᾰ́χλον mákhlon	μᾰ́χλω mákhlō	μᾰ́χλω mákhlō	μᾰ́χλοι mákhloi	μᾰ́χλᾰ mákhla
Genitive	μᾰ́χλου mákhlou	μᾰ́χλου mákhlou	μᾰ́χλοιν mákhloin	μᾰ́χλοιν mákhloin	μᾰ́χλων mákhlōn	μᾰ́χλων mákhlōn
Dative	μᾰ́χλῳ mákhlōi	μᾰ́χλῳ mákhlōi	μᾰ́χλοιν mákhloin	μᾰ́χλοιν mákhloin	μᾰ́χλοις mákhlois	μᾰ́χλοις mákhlois
Accusative	μᾰ́χλον mákhlon	μᾰ́χλον mákhlon	μᾰ́χλω mákhlō	μᾰ́χλω mákhlō	μᾰ́χλους mákhlous	μᾰ́χλᾰ mákhla
Vocative	μᾰ́χλε mákhle	μᾰ́χλον mákhlon	μᾰ́χλω mákhlō	μᾰ́χλω mákhlō	μᾰ́χλοι mákhloi	μᾰ́χλᾰ mákhla
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	μᾰ́χλως mákhlōs		μᾰχλότερος makhlóteros		μᾰχλότᾰτος makhlótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

μαχλεύομαι (makhleúomai)
μαχλικός (makhlikós)
μαχλοσύνη (makhlosúnē)
μαχλότης (makhlótēs)

Synonyms

λάγνος (lágnos)

References

μάχλος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
μάχλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill